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I quite like that but i'm dead against 5 year olds in the race myself. I think the CH market is a prime candidate for a speculative bet before this years festival :

- The current division looks weak (could be proved wrong after but everything suggests such) and no horse makes you think they could dominate for the next few years. Buveur D'air perhaps if he was to win this years well.

- The last 2 winners missed this year and will be 10 year olds next year, if they both even make it to next years festival with Annie a possible to be retired and Faugheen an unknown.

- Again difficult to say with any amount of certainty but the novice hurdlers don't look like a really string group this year from what we have seen. The Neptune is usually the best race for a CH contender to emerge from. Neon Wolf looks the pick right now but he's got chaser written all over him.

So a bonkers selection (especially as I haven't even sided on a horse for this years Supreme yet!!)...

Melon for Champion Hurdle 2018. I see SkyBet have it requested at 25/1. I'd want 33's to consider (or they offer Supreme/CH double at 40's)

Mullins mentioned several times about the CH in his stable tour on Monday for the horse (and obviously also the possibility of fences...)

I suppose when I bought him I thought 'Champion Hurdle horse' but if you look at the size of him now I think he's really grown and matured. He could easily jump fences. Let's see what he does here first.

I guess you could look at a Yorkhill JLT 2017 and Yorkhill CH 2018 request, but imagine that would be quite short. 8/1 at best maybe?
You'll have Willie Mullins bingo and a year plus of guessing targets etc but Mullins needs in all likelyhood a new CH contender to take up the mantle so if you can get that right it might be worth a point thrown at it imo.

IF he did go and win the Supreme off 1 maiden hurdle win. You can forget any double figure prices for him, circa 7-8/1 i'd say

Anyway back to this years festival...got enough on my plate working that out!

I've this sort of bet a lot, always get the first part up and sitting on a great price, then goes down
Last samurai 60-1 to win grimthorpe and national last year
2 that got away were pennekamp to win 2000 guineas and derby 200/1 won guineas and went off 6/4 for derby to not finish I don't think
Entripeneur to do same double at 150/1 and was beat in derby at odds on,

Keep trying. I'll nail one at some point
But noticed bookies do offer some terrible prices now, as 3/1 now for altior is ridiculous. Should be 3-1 to get there having seen how this season has gone,
8/1 well worth a punt tho ista